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TESLA TRIVIA II

11) What is the name of the feature that allows you to phone your Model S and have it greet you at your door?


The "Summon" feature allows your Tesla to navigate a parking lot, find you, and even read parking signs.

12) What is the Tesla logo?


Tesla's logo is not just a fancy 'T'. It actually represents the cross-section of an electric motor first designed by the company's namesake, physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla.

13) Which Tesla model was the top selling plug-in electric car worldwide in 2015?


In 2015, Car and Driver named the Model S the Car of the Century.

14) Which model was so tough it actually broke one of the machines used for safety testing?


During validation of Model S roof crush protection at an independent commercial facility, the testing machine failed at just above 4 Gs. The exact number is unknown due to the fact that the Model S broke the testing machine, meaning that at least four additional fully loaded Model S vehicles could have been placed on top of the car without the roof caving in.

15) What was the Model 3 supposed to be called?


The car was originally intended to be called the Model E, but after a lawsuit from Ford Motor Company which holds the trademark on "Model E", Musk announced that the car would be called "Model 3" instead.

16) What was the first Tesla model with gull-wing doors?


Apart from the Mercedes-Benz 300SL of the mid-1950s and the experimental Mercedes-Benz C111 of the early 1970s, the best-known examples of road-cars with gull-wing doors are the Bricklin SV-1 from the 1970s, the DMC DeLorean from the 1980s, and the Tesla Model X of the 2010s.

17) How far can the Long Range Model 3 travel without recharging?


The Model 3 Standard Range version delivers an EPA-rated all-electric range of 220 miles (354 km) and the Long Range version delivers 325 miles (523 km).

18) How far did Model S cars travel in their first three years of existence?


Tesla said that by June 2015, Model S cars had traveled over 1 billion miles, the first plug-in electric car to reach that milestone.

19) How much money did the U.S. Government loan Tesla Motors in 2009?


Tesla repaid the entire remaining balance on a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy nine years earlier than originally required.

20) Where is the Tesla factory?


All Tesla vehicles are produced at its factory in Fremont, California, where the vast majority of the vehicle's components are also made.

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